Term 2 2013: Scaffolding, history and literacy!!!
An exciting time, connecting with Cynthia on Bathurst Is., seeing Viv getting close to his final prac, Marcus storming ahead with his teaching practice, Murph heading to town for his first urban prac and Kuman and Karina beginning to work together developing their early childhood practice with structuring play based and tactile learning.

No new units this term, but the timetable as follows:


8.30-10.30

All students

11.00-1.00

Marcus and Viv

2.00-3.30

Kuman, Karina, Marcus, Murph

week1

Planning and goal setting for term and for next year
With Ali Gallio
Online session with all and Cynthia:
Intrinsic Motivation:
Dan Pink: autonomy-mastery-purpose
Individual assignments

week2

Scaffolding learning: differentiating learning goals and lesson planning



Local History resources and activities: ETL339, ETL329:
Review of learning outcomes and assignment criteria:
creating a portfolio of 10 evaluated resources with activities and writing up essay and research report
Where are we up to? Where to next?
Health: ETL115: create resource folder

week3

ONLINE in lab:
scaffolding learning: explicit teaching


Local History:
Using Scootle for resources: creating a learning plan
Health: ETL115: create resource folder

Places to enrich folder:
The clinic; school library;Scootle (write your password down!)
Scootle Learning Federation CDU student login: http://scootle.edu.au/ec/register.action?key=ErxxjjNC
ABC resources:
http://splash.abc.net.au/

week4

Scaffolding learning: learning goals 2
Analysis exercise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW0XsQ4X28s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm1Jkiq_i48
A good lesson and a not so good one:
Look at the students to see if the following are occurring:
Is there meaningful conversation occurring between students?
Is there evidence of higher order thinking occurring?
Are students given the opportunity to make new knowledge by expressing it in their own words and relating it to other situations?
Is new knowledge being related to the old?
Are there deliberate attempts made to increase the participation of students?
Are links to student's background knowledge made explicit?
Are students engaged and on task during the lesson?
Are students encouraged to take intellectual risks? Are the objectives of the lessons made explicit?
Local History:
Storing resources safely: online options;
organizational choices
Literacy-reading: Text analysis and lesson plans
Marcus: EIP220
Kuman: ETL112

week5

ONLINE in lab:
scaffolding learning:
Using Bloom's

Local History:
Writing up the research progress: issues and new directions for resources and learning activities
Literacy-reading: Text analysis and lesson plans
Marcus: EIP220
Kuman : ETL112

week6

Scaffolding learning: using Dimension 1
Local History:
Literacy-writing:
Create multimodal writing task EAL300

week7

ONLINE in lab:
scaffolding learning: scaffolding co-operative learning

Local History
Literacy-writing:
Create multimodal writing task EAL300

week8

Scaffolding learning: using Dimension 2
Local History
Writing up e-learning essay:
Child Development ETP120: developmental chart:
Physical, Cognitive-Language, Social-Emotional areas
at early childhood, middle years and adolescent stages

week9

ONLINE in lab:
scaffolding learning: using Dimension 3
Local History
Child Development ETP120: applying principles to practice in a lesson plan

week10

Scaffolding learning: questioning skills


Local History
Finalizing the research report
Child Development ETP120: applying principles to practice in a Unit of Work/Learning Management Plan